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WIB (characters (Woman in Black -, Stella - 1st wife that died, Mr Daily -…
WIB
characters
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Arthur Kipps - main character, rational, determined, haunted by the past
Alice Drawblow - she died, she lived in Eel Marsh house
Mr Jerome - estate agent, accompanies Arthur to the funeral, quiet and nervous,
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Mr Bentley - Arthur’s employer, keeps facts from Arthur,
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chapters 1-12
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Chapter 3 - he takes 3 trains to the North of England to a small town called Crythin Gifford and on the train he meets Mr Daily and starts to talk to him.
Chapter 4 - he goes to Alice Drablows funeral with Mr Jerome and he sees the Woman in Black and he sees a lot of kids(20) staring at what is happening.
Chapter 5 - he gets into a Pony & trap and a man called keckwick picks him up and takes him to Eel Marsh house for the first time.
Chapter 6 - he decides to walk back on the causeway and then he hears the pony and trap then he goes back to Eel Marsh house because of safety.
Chapter 7 - he cycles to Mr Jerome's office and he tries to send someone to help with the paperwork, he wasn't convinced and sends no one.
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Chapter 9 - he tried to open the door but he goes outside and when he comes back in the door is wide open and he goes in.
Chapter 10 - Spider gets stuck in the marshes and Arthur saves the dog and he sees the Woman in Black and when he goes back into the house and he goes to the nursery and it is destroyed.
Chapter 12 - he marries Stella and go outside of London. Then Joseph says to go on a pony and trap. Arthur sees the woman in black and she steps in front of the pony and trap then she caused a huge accident. Stella died of her injuries a ten months later and Joseph died at the scene and he is lying by a tree.
Chapter 11- he is rescued by Mr Daily and he goes to his house and then looks through the packet of letters and he sees the death certificate.
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themes
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Family - Stella (1st wife), Edmund, Isabel, Oliver, Will, Esme (2nd wife), Joseph
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Power of nature - the fog in chapter 2 and chapter 6 because chapter 2 is in London and chapter 6 when Arthur walks back on the 9 lives causeway.
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Memory - In chapter 1 when the kids are telling ghosts and Arthur gets reminded of what happened to him.
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Conspiracy of silence - Mr Daily, Mr Jerome, Keckwick, Mr Bentley, The Landlord
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settings
London - foggy, busy, crowded
Eel Marsh house - isolated, cut up the tide,manor, covered by marsh
Crythin Gifford - small town, dreary, town filled with secrets, coast of England.
Monks Piece - peace, relaxation,
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Mr Bentley's office -dark, quiet
Mr Jerome’s office -quite, dark, isolated
Graveyard - peaceful, scary
Marshes - deadly, dangerous, muddy
Nine Live Causeway - weather changes, long, dangerous
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quotes
Betrayal - " it was as though she was searching for something she would , needed ... which had been taken away from her."
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W.I.B description - " her face, her eyes, sunken but unnaturally bright, were burning with her concentration of passion."
" only describe as a desperate, yerming, malevolence." revenge
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"they are receding across the causeway smaller and smaller figures in the immensity of the marsh" isolation
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